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| ORM7254 | Ecosystem Based Forest Resource Management | 3+0+0 | ECTS:7.5 | | Year / Semester | Fall Semester | | Level of Course | Third Cycle | | Status | Elective | | Department | DEPARTMENT of FOREST ENGINEERING | | Prerequisites and co-requisites | None | | Mode of Delivery | Face to face, Group study, Practical | | Contact Hours | 14 weeks - 3 hours of lectures per week | | Lecturer | -- | | Co-Lecturer | None | | Language of instruction | Turkish | | Professional practise ( internship ) | None | | | | The aim of the course: | | This course aims to expose graduate students to the ecosystem based multiple use forest management planning concept focusing on the balance between production of goods and services. |
| Programme Outcomes | CTPO | TOA | | Upon successful completion of the course, the students will be able to : | | | | PO - 1 : | Stratify a forest landscape into social, ecological and economical values and generate a map of stratification | 1,4,5 | 3,4 | | PO - 2 : | Bring up voices of stakeholders into a coherent decision making environment | 1,4,5,6 | 3,4 | | PO - 3 : | Prepare an ecosystem based forest management plans that will most likely satisfy stakeholders needs and expectations | 1,4,5,6 | 5,6 | | PO - 4 : | Lay out decision scenarios, choose an appropriate and defend it | 1,4,5,8 | 6,5 | | CTPO : Contribution to programme outcomes, TOA :Type of assessment (1: written exam, 2: Oral exam, 3: Homework assignment, 4: Laboratory exercise/exam, 5: Seminar / presentation, 6: Term paper), PO : Learning Outcome | | |
| Sustainable forest management, social, economic and ecological forest values, and their quantification, indicators of biodiversity, focal species and habitats, spatial planninig, and integration of operaitonal resaerch techniques into forest resource management planning model. |
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| Course Syllabus | | Week | Subject | Related Notes / Files | | Week 1 | Introduction to the course | | | Week 2 | Concepts and criteria for sustainable forest management | | | Week 3 | Determination and quantificaiton of ecologic, economik and socio-cultural values | | | Week 4 | Planning principles and the process of ecosystems based multiple use forest management | | | Week 5 | Multiple use inventory: Determing biodiversity indicators, target species and habitats | | | Week 6 | Spatial planning | | | Week 7 | Green certification and Ecosystems based multiple use planning | | | Week 8 | Financial analysis in Ecosystems based multiple use planning | | | Week 9 | Mid-term exam | | | Week 10 | Developing ecosystems based multiple use planning models based on mathematical programming and combinatorial optimization techniques | | | Week 11 | Participation process in ecosystems based multiple use planning | | | Week 12 | Assigment 2 | | | Week 13 | Preparing ecosystems based multiples use forest management plans using ETÇAP models | | | Week 14 | Understanding forest dynamics over time and space with model plans | | | Week 15 | Evaluation of model results or outputs with performance indicators | | | Week 16 | End-of-term exam | | | |
| 1 | Lawrence S Davis, K. Norman Johnson, Peter S. Bettinger, Theodore E. Howard, 2001, Forest Management, 4th Edition: To Sustain Ecological, Economic, and Social Values
| | | 2 | Pete Bettinger, K. Boston, JP. Sıry, DL. Grebner 2009. Forest Management and Planning, Elsevier, USA | | | |
| 1 | William A. Leuschner. 1991, Introduction to Forest Resource Management.
| | | 2 | Eraslan İ, ve Eler, Ü., 2003. Orman İşletmelerinin Planlanması ve Denetimi. SDÜ, Isparta | | | 3 | Orman Amenajman Yönetmeliği, OGM Ankara
| | | 4 | Örnek planlama birimlerin orman amenajman planları (Yalnızçam, Camili, İğneada)
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| Method of Assessment | | Type of assessment | Week No | Date | Duration (hours) | Weight (%) | | Mid-term exam | 9 | 12/12/2014 | 3 | 30 | | Project | 12 | 12/12/2014 | 3 | 10 | | Homework/Assignment/Term-paper | 8 | 11/11/2014 | 3 | 10 | | End-of-term exam | 17 | 11/01/2014 | 3 | 50 | | |
| Student Work Load and its Distribution | | Type of work | Duration (hours pw) | No of weeks / Number of activity | Hours in total per term | | Sınıf dışı çalışma | 5 | 5 | 25 | | Ödev | 8 | 10 | 80 | | Proje | 5 | 5 | 25 | | Total work load | | | 130 |
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